Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | oh yes he said I 've worked it out those extra hours I 've paid you for them but I thought you actually worked for them for nothing and I 've just given you a bonus |
| 2 | I make this point after returning from a day 's walking near Ullswater when I was approached by a party of walkers who had followed me for some distance thinking that I was headed for the same destination . |
| 3 | For example , there is a right way and a wrong way of answering a stranger who has asked you for the time . |
| 4 | He was reminded of the statements of the stableman who had joined him for a drink at the Bull , situated at the end of Cross Street , and of the café owner where he had stopped for a fried breakfast . |
| 5 | Except when prevented by medical reasons or other sufficient cause , candidates who fail to present themselves for an examination , or to submit cumulative or other forms of assessment work by the due date , shall be deemed by the board of examiners to have failed in that examination or assessment . |
| 6 | The new Eve momentarily wants to be a tragedy queen ; for a few flickering instants , she wants to be like almost ali the characters in literature whom we find most beguiling — Cleopatra , Anna Karenin , Madame Bovary , Eve herself in Paradise Lost — a figure who has risked everything for the sake of une grande passion . |
| 7 | HELENA Bonham-Carter , the actress , was yesterday granted a High Court injunction in London against a fan who has pestered her for several years . |
| 8 | He 'd done it again , she realised in amazement — with just a few choice words he 'd knocked her for six . |
| 9 | The £6 million Juventus player has finally been forced to accept that the cartilage damage which has troubled him for several weeks requires surgery . |
| 10 | My reason for dwelling at some length on this matter of accuracy and acquisition is that the assumption that they are identical is a corner-stone to the whole edifice of a theory recently propounded which claims to provide a solution to the problems of language teaching which have plagued us for so long . |
| 11 | She remembered that Aycliffe had brought up the matter of clothes , that Benedict himself had scolded her for her nip-cheese ways . |
| 12 | ‘ Solving problems , however was not Highlander 's purpose , its purpose to ‘ help people learn to solve their problems in their own way , ’ and in its life since then Highlander has always worked with the under-privileged , exploited , relatively powerless communities which have approached it for assistance . |
| 13 | The girl who had interviewed him for Leaders of Mankind . |
| 14 | ‘ You , my boy , have done a wonderful thing for us and in return we wish to do something for you . |
| 15 | But he was n't , and on some subconscious level she wanted to punish him for deceiving her . |
| 16 | On that third morning , though , it had been Haynes who led out the home team , since Richards was in the press box breathing fire at Daily Express journalist James Lawton who had asked him for an explanation of the V-sign he had given to his own crowd . |
| 17 | Elfman used to boast to anyone who would listen that he was able to auto-fellate with the minimum of effort , making him the envy of every young buck who had tried it for himself and only succeeded in collapsing with a racking backache . |
| 18 | They could purchase land from owners who refused to sell for development or from builders who wished to retain it for future development . |
| 19 | Eventually , Reid said , ‘ All Susan ever said about her father was that he was a grade-A shit who 'd ignored her for most of her life and thought money was a good substitute for love . |
| 20 | People who are paying seventy eighty pound a month mortgage who 've had them for years and then |
| 21 | Would Gay like the bedroom slippers she had sent her for Christmas ? |
| 22 | Once she had seemed to know a good deal about him , but in her idle rancour of the last few weeks she had abused him for faults that seemed nothing to do with the truth of him . |
| 23 | ( Beware of those therapists who seek to charge you for a complete course of treatment at the very beginning , as it is almost impossible to know how well each individual will respond and therefore how many sessions will be needed . ) |
| 24 | ‘ I told you , Niall 's not the tyrant you seem to take him for . ’ |
| 25 | For one thing , all knowledge is explicable on the basis of the abilities we have to find it for ourselves . |
| 26 | At the moment it helps to console me for my lack in that direction . ’ |
| 27 | Well I , I , I , I 've see Mrs I 've had her for so many , many years |
| 28 | And in my diary I 've got one for tomorrow night , for an organization called the Judges Guild in Leicester , somewhere in the Road area . |
| 29 | For the next week I thought long and hard about undertaking an interview with the Queen Mother which would cover every aspect of her life but the great historical event which had changed it for ever ; which had propelled her and her husband to the throne , had made happy and glorious a reign which might otherwise have been disastrous , yet which was tragically cut short by illness and death , and which in the long run had made her far and away the most loved of all the members of the Royal Family . |
| 30 | It was an occasion filled with memories of a life time in the carpet business , highlighted with speeches by Ralph Ellis , Rod Turnbull , Steve Higgins and from customers who have known him for a long time . |